Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about West Camp (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for West Camp. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Name Variations for West Camp ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for West Camp: W. Camp
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
West Camp is located in Ulster County.
To see how the shape of New York's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Ulster County: Columbia, Delaware, Dutchess, Greene, Orange & Sullivan.
Below are the counties that are near West Camp. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to West Camp:
- Ulster County (The home county of West Camp)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Camp, with the one closest to West Camp listed first.
- Malden
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Malden is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malden
- Malden has also been known as:
- Malden-on-Hudson
- Quarryville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Quarryville is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarryville
- Saugerties
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Glasco
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mount Marion Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Marion Park is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Marion Park
- Mount Marion
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- High Woods
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- High Woods is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Woods
- Ruby
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Katrine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Daisy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Daisy is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Sawkill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sawkill is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawkill
- Sweet Meadows
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sweet Meadows is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Meadows
- Albany County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Camp, with the one closest to West Camp listed first.
- South Westerlo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- South Westerlo is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Westerlo
- Alcove
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Aquetuck
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Aquetuck is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquetuck
- Medusa
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Coeymans Hollow
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Ravena
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Cooksburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cooksburg is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksburg
- Coeymans
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Potter Hollow
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Potter Hollow is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Hollow
- Preston - Potter Hollow
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dormansville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Dormansville is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dormansville
- Preston Hollow
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Camp, with the one closest to West Camp listed first.
- Germantown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- North Germantown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- North Germantown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Germantown
- Burden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Burden is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burden
- Elizaville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Glenco Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Glenco Mills is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenco Mills
- West Taghkanic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- West Taghkanic is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Taghkanic
- Churchtown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Churchtown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchtown
- Hudson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Greenport Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Greenport Center is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenport Center
- Lorenz Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lorenz Park is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorenz Park
- Suydam ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Suydam is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suydam
- Hollowville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Delaware County
- Fleischmanns
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Dutchess County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Camp, with the one closest to West Camp listed first.
- Tivoli
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cruger Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Cruger Village is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruger Village
- Upper Red Hook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Upper Red Hook is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Red Hook
- Red Hook
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Jackson Corners
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jackson Corners is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Corners
- Rock City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rock City is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Rhinebeck
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Milan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Milan is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milan
- Mount Ross
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Ross is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ross
- Rhinecliff
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Wurtemburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Wurtemburg is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wurtemburg
- Pine Plains
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Camp, with the one closest to West Camp listed first.
- Kiskatom
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Kiskatom is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiskatom
- Palenville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Catskill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Catskill is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catskill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,815 people
- Jefferson Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Jefferson Heights is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Heights
- Platte Clove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Platte Clove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte Clove
- Cairo Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Cairo Junction is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo Junction
- Leeds
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Haines Falls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- South Cairo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- South Cairo is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cairo
- Athens
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Round Top
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tannersville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rensselaer County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Camp, with the one closest to West Camp listed first.
- Schodack Landing
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Castleton-on-Hudson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Schoharie County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Camp, with the one closest to West Camp listed first.
- Manorkill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Manorkill is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manorkill
- Bates
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bates is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bates
- Livingstonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Livingstonville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingstonville
- West Conesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- West Conesville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Conesville
- Litchfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Camp, with the one closest to West Camp listed first.
- Ore Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ore Hill is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ore Hill
- Salisbury
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Salisbury is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,584 people
- Salisbury
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Taconic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Lakeville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Twin Lakes
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Twin Lakes is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Sharon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Amesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Amesville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amesville
- Lime Rock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lime Rock is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Rock
- Sharon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sharon is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,691 people
- Berkshire County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Camp, with the one closest to West Camp listed first.
- Mount Washington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Mount Washington is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Washington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Egremont
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egremont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,202 people
- North Egremont
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- North Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Egremont
- Egremont Plain
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Egremont Plain is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egremont Plain
- South Egremont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- South Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Egremont
- Alford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Alford is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
- Great Barrington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Great Barrington is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Barrington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,976 people
- Sheffield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Sheffield is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheffield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,112 people
- Housatonic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Housatonic is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Housatonic
- Van Deusenville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Van Deusenville is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Deusenville
- Rockdale Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rockdale Mills is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale Mills
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to West Camp, see our County-by-County Page for West Camp.
Cemeteries Near West Camp ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of West Camp.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for West Camp - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for West Camp covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from West Camp, with the one closest to West Camp listed first.
- Cheriot Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mt. View Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Viewmont Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Germantown Reformed Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Methodist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gardner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Trinity Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Valley View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shoub Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Livingston Reformed Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Palenville Village Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (280 more) ...
- Goodwin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Marion Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Joseph Sax Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joseph Sax Cemetery
- The Joseph Sax Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lawrence Family Cemetery
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that West Camp had a population of 153 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from West Camp, with the one closest to West Camp listed first.
- Katsbaan
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Katsbaan is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katsbaan
- Malden
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Malden is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malden
- Malden has also been known as:
- Malden-on-Hudson
- Cheviot
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Cheviot is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheviot
- Germantown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Quarryville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Quarryville is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarryville
- Saugerties
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- North Germantown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- North Germantown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Germantown
- Saxton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Saxton is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxton
- Tivoli
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Kiskatom
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Kiskatom is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiskatom
- Glasco
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Linlithgo
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Linlithgo is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linlithgo
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Palenville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- West Saugerties
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- West Saugerties is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Saugerties
- Mount Marion
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around West Camp. See our List of 1890's Communities around West Camp.
Newspapers Published in West Camp ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 96 newspapers that have been published in the area around West Camp.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of West Camp, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for West Camp.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to West Camp:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Ulster County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albany County
- Columbia County
- Delaware County
- Dutchess County
- Greene County
- Rensselaer County
- Schoharie County
- Litchfield County
- Berkshire County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New York
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about West Camp, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- West Camp) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |